Breaking the Bones: A Plea for Tibet

Press release text:
May 6, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Contact: Amanda Cantrell Roche
onehumanrace.justice@gmail.com
615.300.8580


Know Tibet: A Benefit Concert for Tibetan Refugee Children

From Knowledge to Compassion, from Compassion to Action.

On Sunday, June 1st at Father Ryan High School Theater, Blue Moves Modern Dance Company, Global Education Center and One Human Race 4 Justice will offer a performance to inform, entertain and inspire adults and children alike about Tibetan culture and society. The event will feature music, dance, speakers and educational and interactive exhibits. Singer/songwriter and former resident of Nepal and Thailand, Shanna Underwood, will share songs of peace. Drummer, percussionist and songwriter Kirby Shelstad will perform and share some information about Tibetan Buddhism, and Blue Moves will perform “Breaking the Bones: A Plea for Tibet,” a modern dance and audio documentary telling the story of the crushing oppression suffered by Tibetans under the hands of the Chinese government. The show will also feature speakers such as Tibetan exile Ngawang Losel sharing his personal story of crossing the Himalayas on foot into exile as a teenager, and the many years he spent isolated from his family in a Tibetan Refugee School in India.

Learning about other cultures through the arts is a step towards cultivating compassion and respect for diverse societies. This event is designed to offer children and adults a window of understanding into Tibetan culture and the current situation in Tibet and China.

Proceeds will benefit Tibetan Children’s Villages and Losel’s Project Giving Justice, both of which support children at Tibetan Refugee Schools in India. In the lobby will be educational exhibits about Tibet and action tables sharing ways that adults and children alike can help be a part of the solution. More Than Warmth -- Stitching Quilts, Creating Compassion -- will have an exhibit in which participants can create drawings and visual messages of friendship and caring on quilts to be sent to Tibetan children.

Lobby exhibits open at 1 p.m., performance begins at 2 p.m. Suggested donation is $10 adults, $5 children or $20 for a family. Father Ryan is located at 700 Norwood Dr., Nashville.

For more info:
One Human Race 4 Justice
onehumanrace.justice@gmail.com
www. myspace. com/onehumanracejustice
Blue Moves Modern Dance Company
www. bluemoves. org
Global Education Center
www. globaleducationcenter. net